Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR’s daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here.

The skies may be clear, but you still might want your rain boots if you’re by the harbor today. This week’s king tides are expected to begin to peak around 11 a.m.

But first, the news:

SNAP back: There’s good and bad news today for the 1.1 million Massachusetts residents who rely on the federal food assistance program SNAP. Gov. Maura Healey’s administration said yesterday that partial SNAP payments will likely resume next week, after a judge ordered the Trump administration to use reserve funds to keep the program running amid the record-long government shutdown. Late last night, the U.S. Department of Agriculture informed states that the partial benefits would be reduced by 35%, instead of the previously planned 50%. However, as WBUR’s Martha Bebinger reports, some recipients could see even smaller amounts.

• Zoom out: The partial SNAP benefit math is a bit complicated, and depends on individual factors like income, household size and certain expenses. Broadly speaking, recipients right at or under the poverty line will likely get up to 65% of their typical payment. But recipients between 100% and 200% of the poverty line (the upper limit for SNAP) will get much less — and in some cases near nothing.
• Zoom in: Take these examples from the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute. A single mom of two working a full-time, $20-an-hour job, and spending $2,600 a month on rent and child care, could normally get $419 a month in SNAP. But under the revised calculations for partial payments, she would only get $144 this month (34% of her normal benefit). Meanwhile, a couple in their 80s living on $2,500 in monthly Social Security benefits and paying $1,350 in rent and medical costs could see their usual $219 monthly SNAP benefit drop to just $28 in November, or 13% of the usual. (The MLRI plans to add more updated estimates at this link.)
• Meanwhile: Local food banks are spending big to make up for delayed and depleted benefits. WBUR’s John Bender reports that the Merrimack Valley Food Bank spent about $75,000 on groceries this past month — multitudes more than the usual $5,000 to $10,000. “We are taking funds we may have allocated for later on in this fiscal year, and we are just spending it now because we have to,” said Debbie Callery, the food bank’s executive director. “The need is now. People need food tomorrow. So we have to make sure we do the best we can.”
• What’s next: A court hearing in the Rhode Island lawsuit over SNAP payments is scheduled this afternoon, so it’s possible there are more changes to come.

Headwinds in court: Local clean energy advocates are pretty worried about a judge’s ruling this week allowing the Trump administration to reconsider the final permit for an offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts. As WBUR’s Miriam Wasser reports, the Biden administration granted the SouthCoast Wind project near Nantucket its final major federal permit a few days before Trump took office. But the Trump administration asked a judge for permission to give it a second look. On Tuesday, Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, an Obama appointee, said they could.

• Catch up: Construction on SouthCoast Wind has yet to begin, but the plan is to build up to 141 turbines about 20 miles south of Nantucket. Click here to see the map.
• Why it matters: Kate Sinding Daly, an attorney with the Conservation Law Foundation, said the decision creates uncertainty for all energy developers: “It is so important for any industry, whether it’s renewable energy or anything else, to have confidence in the validity and finality of government decision making.”
• What’s next: SouthCoast Wind says it’s considering possible legal action.

In Maine: U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, who made a national name for himself as one of the most moderate Democrats in Congress representing Maine’s more rural 2nd District, announced yesterday he’s dropping his reelection bid. In a local newspaper op-ed, Golden wrote he has come to “dread the prospect of winning” and feels what he can do “in this increasingly unproductive Congress pales in comparison to what I could do in that time as a husband, a father and a son.”

• Now what? Golden’s decision leaves his Democratic primary challenger, former Maine secretary of state Matt Dunlap, and former Republican Gov. Paul LePage as the two highest profile candidates in the race. But more could jump in.

At long last: Nantucket has settled its five-year Airbnb debate. During a town meeting Tuesday night, 71% of attendees voted to legalize short-term rentals by right across the island, clearing the required two-thirds threshold, as the Nantucket Current reports. The vote ends the confusing legal limbo the market has been in for over 18 months, after a judge ruled short-term rentals violated local zoning rules.

P.S.— With Tuesday’s elections over, now comes the hard part. WBUR has been talking to several newly elected local officials about how they plan to approach their new jobs and the challenges facing their cities. First up: Everett Mayor-elect Robert Van Campen and Boston’s incoming city councilor, Rev. Miniard Culpepper.